W R Lethaby

The Dress Design - an Account of Costume for Artists and Dressmakers W R Lethaby

Publisher Marketing: Originally published in 1932, this is part of the Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks. Contains many period photographs and illustrations. Contents Include: Prehistoric Dress Female and Male - The Development of Costume to the Tenth Century Female and Male - Tenth to the Fifteenth Century Male and Female - Fifteenth Century Male and Female - Sixteenth Century Character of Trimmings - The Character of Trimmings Through the Seventeenth Century - The Character of Decoration and Trimmings of the Eighteenth Century - Character of Trimmings of the Nineteenth Century - Patterns of Various Reigns from Antique Costume - Patterns to Scale - Detailed List